How I spent New years Day

Riley wrote: Nice looking hosue, Steve. Between the style and surroundings, that picture could have been taken in Maine.

Thanks Bruce... we spent the 10 years gutting and remodeling the old farm house. Well worth the time investment, however , I really wouldnt want to do it again.

As for Maine, You'd be able to tell the difference in summer by the corn fields on three sides of us.

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We still have the old cable style western on our 79 F-250. WE got rid of the t-handle controller around 85 though. Went to just stick control box, not to be confues with the new style joystick control boxes though.

I had an ultra mount on my 05 F-350, man was that thing sweet. I could have the plow ready to go in less then a minute. Took longer to get out of the truck and get back in then it did to hook it up.

As long as we are showing winter snow pics , Wendy took this one while we were leaving NE In. Notice the 3 swans to the left of the boat.



Here is a better pic of the swans .

John,
heres a pic of our house the same day....



Its your turn to come up here! We can get the sled out and show you how much fun a 500lb ,140hp , sled is!

John... Man you've really "weinied" out on us since youve become one of those southern people.

Gary S wrote: Steve,you city folks have a pretty fancy plowing rig,here's how we do it in the country

Gary.... nice Cub!... And FYI, Im about as far away from a city folk as anyone could be. In fact I still have my Farmall Super C stuck down in the barn that I used to mow our 2 1/2 acres with. Havent used it for over 5 years,but cant quite part with it either.

That's a cool old tractor, Gary.

New Year's in Southern Maine






   Mike

Steve,you city folks have a pretty fancy plowing rig,here's how we do it in the country



Still haven't changed the date on the camera,this was from just before Christmas,we did not get as much as you did on New Years

Tull,
Im in Sterling IL... in the NW corner of the state..

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I used an 80 one ton dually 4x4 BB Chevy for the past 20 years... hafta get used to a single wheeler again... Just bought the truck from a neighbor... its the old Western cable/T handle control plow ...at least for now... planning on looking for a Western Ultra-mount for next winter... Would like to find a used one tho. Cant justify 4500 bucks for a new one.

oh, Tull, My 02 Yamaha Viper hasnt been started this year....really sucks. No time

Tull
That's what they call a successfull fire. Pardon the spelling. Glad to hear your house was ok. I spent new year's day riding the snowmobiles and plowing.

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Nice plow rig you got there. Looks like a western with a uni-mount system.

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Where are you located.
We here in SE MI got 13" of fresh snow New Years day. I couldn't enjoy it because we spent the day watching the house next door burn down. Thanks to the wind, it didn't touch my house.
I was heading to my shop to get my plow truck when a neighbor called my wife's cell and said the house was on fire. We called my sons, who's bedrooms are on that side of the house, and they thought we were joking, trying to roust them out of bed. My son looked out his bedroom window and said "oh sh#@".
The house had just sold and the new owner wasn't moved in yet. Sound fishy, doesn't it?
Steve

AHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh, what a beatiful sunny day in Atlanta yesterday. A nice 70 degree day and it is supposed to hit 71 today. Hard to believe we were in the 20's just three days ago.

It was nice doing a little fiberglass repair on the engine cover in the warmth of the sun and outside not breathing in the dust.

Plowing snow!!!   You southerners dont know what your missing. Weatherman predicted an inch or so...got over 5". theres about a foot on the ground in these pics.....







Got up in the fifties yesterday and today..all melted...